Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)

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Cardiff Central
Canol Caerdydd
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency).svg
South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Cardiff Central shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Jenny Rathbone
Preserved county South Glamorgan

Cardiff Central (Welsh : Canol Caerdydd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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History

From 1999, Cardiff Central was a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats. However the seat was lost to Labour in 2011 with a huge 14.7% swing. In 2016 this was the Liberal Democrats target seat with their candidate Eluned Parrott a current regional AM for South Wales Central. The result actually saw a very slight increase in Labour's majority in a very disappointing night for the Liberal Democrats. The seat remained one of the most marginal in the Assembly until the 2021 Senedd election, where Labour increased their majority substantially.

Furthermore, in 2016 two former Big Brother participants were the candidates for Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives.

Boundaries

Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff Central Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPortraitParty
1999 Jenny Randerson Jenny Randerson.jpg Liberal Democrat
2011 Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone AM (28136581226).jpg Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cardiff Central [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Jenny Rathbone 13,10045.9+7.511,27239.5+6.4
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman 5,46019.1-16.24,52215.9-12.3
Conservative Calum Davies3,78813.3+4.44,04714.2+4.0
Plaid Cymru Wiliam Rees3,47012.2+4.74,63316.3+5.4
Green Ceri Davies1,5525.4+1.02,2587.9+2.0
Abolish Munawar Mughal4401.5New6432.3-0.6
Propel Dilan Nazari2680.9New2961.0New
Freedom Alliance Thomas Franklin1560.5New
Reform UK Julian Bosley1510.5New1730.6New
Socialist (GB) Brian Johnson820.3New
Gwlad Alford Thomas650.2New800.3New
UKIP 2000.7-5.2
No More Lockdowns1350.5New
TUSC 970.3-0.1
Communist 870.3+0.1
Workers Party 330.1New
Independent Alan Coulthard320.1New
Majority7,64026.8+23.7
Turnout 28,53244.5 [2] -1.1
Labour hold Swing
Notes

    Elections in the 2010s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff Central
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [3] [4]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Jenny Rathbone 10,01638.4+0.58,59533.1+0.3
    Liberal Democrats Eluned Parrott 9,19935.3-2.47,33728.2+2.3
    Conservative Joel Williams2,3178.9-6.22,64210.2-5.9
    Plaid Cymru Glyn Wise 1,9517.5+0.32,83110.9+3.6
    UKIP Mohammed Islam1,2234.7New1,5265.9+2.6
    Green Amelia Womack 1,1504.4New1,5365.9-3.2
    Independent Jane Croad2120.8New
    Abolish 7502.9New
    Women's Equality 4371.7New
    Monster Raving Loony 1180.5-0.3
    TUSC 1070.4-0.1
    Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power420.2New
    Communist 400.2-0.2
    Independent (Jonathan Bishop) [5] 240.1New
    Majority8173.1+2.9
    Turnout 26,06845.6+7.6
    Labour hold Swing +1.7
    Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff Central
    PartyCandidateConstituency [6] Regional [7]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Jenny Rathbone 8,95437.9+16.07,77832.8+11.2
    Liberal Democrats Nigel Howells8,91637.7-13.56,13025.9-11.1
    Conservative Matt Smith3,55915.1+1.13,82016.1+0.6
    Plaid Cymru Chris Williams1,6907.2-1.11,7387.3-1.9
    Independent Mathab Khan5092.2New
    Green 2,1639.1+3.6
    UKIP 7893.3-0.1
    Socialist Labour 3371.4+0.6
    BNP 3301.4-1.5
    Welsh Christian 2361.0-0.1
    Monster Raving Loony 1780.8New
    TUSC 1250.5New
    Communist 830.4-0.1
    Majority380.2N/A
    Turnout 23,62838.0+2.0
    Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +14.7

    Regional ballots rejected at the count: 208 [8]

    Elections in the 2000s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff Central
    PartyCandidateConstituency [9] Regional [10]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Jenny Randerson 11,46251.2-3.48,28137.0-4.0
    Labour Sue Lent4,89721.9+2.04,84521.6-2.1
    Conservative Andrew Murphy3,13714.0+2.53,47615.5+2.6
    Plaid Cymru Thomas Whitfield1,8558.3-0.32,0519.2-1.0
    UKIP Frank Hughes1,0464.7New7693.4±0.0
    Green 1,2385.5+0.9
    BNP 6512.9New
    Welsh Christian 2461.1New
    Respect 1980.9New
    Socialist Labour 1690.8-0.6
    Communist 1100.5+0.3
    CPA 1540.7New
    Socialist Alternative (UK)1230.5New
    Socialist Equality 740.3New
    Majority6,56529.35.4
    Turnout 22,39736.0+2.3
    Liberal Democrats hold Swing
    Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff Central
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [11]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Jenny Randerson 11,25654.6+12.38,43441.0+5.8
    Labour Geoff M. Mungham4,10019.9-10.14,86623.7-4.6
    Conservative Craig S. Piper2,37811.5-0.22,65612.9±0.0
    Plaid Cymru Owen John Thomas 1,7958.6-6.12,09910.2-6.4
    Independent Raja G. Raiz5412.6New
    Independent Captain Beany 2120.8New
    Independent Madeleine E. Jeremy2391.2New
    Green 9404.6+1.1
    UKIP 6943.4New
    Socialist Labour 2791.4Unknown
    Vote No 2 Stop the War2261.1New
    ProLife Alliance 1980.5New
    New Millennium Bean Party 1680.8New
    Cymru Annibynnol560.3New
    Communist 450.2Unknown
    Majority7,15634.7+22.4
    Turnout 21,05233.7-11.1
    Liberal Democrats hold Swing

    2003 Electorate: 62,470
    Regional ballots rejected: 285

    Elections in the 1990s

    Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff Central
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [12]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Jenny Randerson 10,93742.3N/A9,11635.2N/A
    Labour Mark Drakeford 7,76930.0N/A7,34328.3N/A
    Plaid Cymru Owen John Thomas 3,79514.7N/A4,30716.6N/A
    Conservative Stephen Jones3,03411.7N/A3,34812.9N/A
    Socialist Alliance Julian Goss3381.3
    Green 9113.5
    Independent (Alun Mathias)3311.3New
    Other List Parties5542.1
    Majority3,16812.3
    Turnout 25,87344.8
    Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

    1999 Electorate: 57,700

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